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Mag.

Mag. is the abbreviation of magistrate.

Meaning of magistrate

Noun

magistrate (plural magistrates)

  1. A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
    • In any case, however, I saw that part of her injuries might easily have been redressed, and I urged her often and earnestly to lay her complaint before a magistrate.1821, Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
    Synonyms:
    justiciary
  2. (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
  3. (broadly) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
    • Like other civil servants, Ashok Kumar started his career as an Assistant Collector cum Sub-divisional Magistrate.
  4. (Quebec) A master's degree.
    Synonyms:
    master's degree

Phrases with Mag.

Questions about Mag.

What is Mag. the abbreviation of?
Mag. is the abbreviation of magistrate.

Words near Mag. in the dictionary

  1. mag-
  2. mag-book
  3. mag-books
  4. mag-slip
  5. mag-slips
  6. Mag.
  7. Mag7
  8. maga
  9. MAGA Mike
  10. MAGA Minaj
  11. MAGA world

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mag. (page history and authors); magistrate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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